A spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office said the case would be assigned to animal cruelty investigators.

The facility was cited twice in October after a worker shot a cow five times before it was unconscious. In another instance, a worker shot a pig in the eye, rupturing the animal’s eyeball; about a minute passed before the worker shot the pig again, making it unconscious.

It also was cited in April after a worker trying to shoot a pig missed the animal entirely, hitting the ground and producing shrapnel that hit two workers, according to the USDA.

Operations at the facility were suspended in late October, but that suspension was lifted in November by the USDA.

In an statement to The Olympian this week, a representative for Puget Sound Processing said the company has made changes since the suspension: “Once suspended, PSP re-evaluated our procedures, made changes and process improvements which included training from experts in our field of operations, equipment upgrades and new equipment.”